Cuba

Location

Havana
Cuba
22° 58' 59.88" N, 82° 24' 0" W
Capital City: 
Havana
Category: Social
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
Net enrollment ratio in primary education 99.59999999999999 99.59999999999999 98.2 97 97 98.90000000000001 MDG Database
Seats held by women in national parliament, percentage 27.6 27.6 27.6 36 36 36 36 36 43.2 43.2 43.2 UN Stats (MDGs indicators)
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) 99.8 99.8 World Bank
Category: Land
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
Agricultural land (1000 Ha) 6,554 6,656 6,654 6,638 6,528 6,637 6,630 6,620 6,600 FAO
Forest area (sq km) 24,350 24,906 25,462 26,018 26,574 27,130 27,686 28,242 World Bank
Forest area (% of land area) 22.17 22.68 23.19 23.69 24.2 24.7 25.21 25.72 World Bank
Category: Tourism
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
International tourism receipts (% of total exports) 1,948 1,840 1,769 1,999 2,114 2,399 2,404 Development Data Group, The World Bank. 2008. 2008 World Development Indicators Online. Washington, DC: The World Bank. Available at: http://go.worldbank.org/U0FSM7AQ40.
Category: Demographics
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
Country population 11,086,800 11,113,700 11,138,900 11,161,400 11,179,800 11,193,200 11,201,100 11,204,400 11,204,700 11,204,200 World Bank
Population annual growth 0.256027 0.241742 0.226392 0.202365 0.164986 0.119277 0.0707769 0.0296444 0.0026507 0.00495339 World Bank
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) 65 53 53 World Bank
Category: Indices
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
HDI - Human Development Index UNDP International Human Development Indicators - Calculated based on data from UNDESA (2009d), Barro and Lee (2010), UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2010b), World Bank (2010b) and IMF(2010a).
Category: Economy
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $) World Bank
Category: Energy
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
Electric power consumption (kWh) 12 12 13 13 13 12 13 14 World Bank
Combustible renewables and waste (metric tons of oil equivalent) 3,098 3,157 2,579 2,248 2,084 1,586 1,391 1,300 World Bank
Fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total) 72.45 71.54000000000001 74.69 77.42 78.53 83.20999999999999 85.81999999999999 86.77 World Bank
Category: Climate Change and Sea-level Rise
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
Carbon dioxide emissions (CO2), thousand metric tons of CO2 (CDIAC) 26,039 25,453 26,091 25,453 24,936 25,020 26,032 27,055 MDG Database (CDIAC Data)
Category: Freshwater
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
Improved water source (% of population with access) 90 92 94 World Bank
Category: Biodiversity
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected 2.69 4.34 4.42 4.42 4.42 4.42 4.42 4.42 4.42 4.42 UN Stats (MDGs indicators)

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Country Strategies: 
Title Programme Name Programme Description Year
UNFCCC Nat Comm - Cuba Primera comunicación nacional a la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre Cambio Climático. Strategy Description 2001
NBSAP - Cuba IV INFORME NACIONAL AL CONVENIO SOBRE LA DIVERSIDAD BIOLÓGICA Strategy Description 2009
NSDS - Cuba
10 Dec 2011 | SIDS Policy and Practice
2 June 2011: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) held an informal thematic debate on the topic “Green Economy: A Pathway to Sustainable Development,” including a morning panel on opportunities and challenges of a green economy, and an afternoon panel on transitioning toward green economy, as well as extensive discussion. In the opening segment of the debate, held on 2 June 2011, at UN Headquarters in New York, US, UNGA President Joseph Deiss said the major characteristic of the green economy is the...
10 Dec 2011 | SIDS Policy and Practice
13 July 2011: The second meeting of the Caribbean Wetlands Initiative discussed the region’s implementation of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention), and resulted in agreement on activities and material to be presented and disseminated during the upcoming Pan-American meeting and the 11th meeting of the contracting parties (COP 11) to the Ramsar Convention. The meeting took place in Kralendijk, on the island of Bonaire in the Dutch Caribbean, from 4-9...
10 Dec 2011 | SIDS Policy and Practice
27 July 2011: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) held a debate on the human right to water and sanitation, during which a number of speakers highlighted that climate change constitutes an obstacle to the enjoyment of this right, stressing the particular situations of small island low-lying States. The debate took place on 27 July 2011, at UN Headquarters in New York, US. In his opening address, Joseph Deiss, UNGA President, recalled that, in July 2010, the General Assembly adopted a resolution on...
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National focal point for sustainable development: 
Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnologia y Medio Ambiente (Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment)